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Many city of Lancaster sewer customers will one day benefit directly from ongoing efforts to assess wastewater overflow issues.

Following a closed session during its Tuesday, Aug. 13, meeting, City Council voted unanimously to use $70,800 in city money for an assessment of the sewer system near the Northside pump station. Affected areas include Kings Circle, Old Greenbriar Drive and West Arch Street.

This action stems from ongoing talks with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which mandated the study.

Another door is now open for interested industries to move to Lancaster County, as county officials recently set a formal asking price for the county’s former Springs store/former temporary courthouse.

At its Monday, Aug. 12 meeting, Lancaster County Council unanimously approved a base asking price of $965,000 for the building, at 3888 Chester Highway (S.C. 9) near the Chester County line, while also allowing for future negotiation of the price if a company ever showed interest in the property.

Lancaster County School District Superintendent Dr. Gene Moore knows well what Buford High School Biology and Physical Science teacher Patrick Marshall and South Middle School teacher Nick Thompson will be going through Monday morning, Aug. 19. They are among the county’s first year teachers.

Among the arguments made by opponents of a November 2012 ballot measure to allow Sunday alcohol sales at county restaurants was that should it pass, it would only be a matter of time before convenience stores got in on the action.

VAN WYCK – Amidst concerns over operations and safety, explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel reached out to its Van Wyck neighbors at a community meeting Aug. 6 to introduce themselves and say their product was safe.